China’s major futures contracts were mostly lower at the open, with energy and chemical products leading declines. Low-sulfur fuel oil and SC crude oil both fell more than 14%, while LPG dropped over 13% and fuel oil slid more than 12%. Benzene declined over 11%, the container freight index (Europe route) fell more than 10%, and styrene dropped over 8%, while polypropylene, plastics and asphalt all fell more than 7%.

2026-04-08

China’s major futures contracts were mostly lower at the open, with energy and chemical products leading declines. Low-sulfur fuel oil and SC crude oil both fell more than 14%, while LPG dropped over 13% and fuel oil slid more than 12%. Benzene declined over 11%, the container freight index (Europe route) fell more than 10%, and styrene dropped over 8%, while polypropylene, plastics and asphalt all fell more than 7%.